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PUBLIC LAW 86-778-SEPT. 13, 1960 FULLY INSURED

42 USC 414.

[74 S T A T.

STATUS

SEC. 204. (a) Section 214(a) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: "Fully Insured Individual

had not less than— "(1) one quarter of coverage (whenever acquired) for each three of the quarters elapsing— " (A) after (i) December 31, 1950, or (ii) if later, December 31 of the year in which he attained the age of twenty-one, and " (B) prior to (i) the year in which he died, or (ii) if earlier, the year in which he attained retirement age, except that in no case shall an individual be a fully insured individual unless he has at least six quarters of coverage; or "(2) forty quarters of coverage; or "(3) in the case of an individual who died prior to 1951, six quarters of coverage; not counting as an elapsed quarter for purposes of paragraph (1) any quarter any part of which was included in a period of disability (as ggl'ost, pp. 9 6 8, defined in section 216(i)) unless such quarter was a quarter of coverage. When the number of elapsed quarters referred to in paragraph (1) is not a multiple of three, such number shall, for purposes of such paragraph, be reduced to the next lower multiple of three." (b) The primary insurance amount (for purposes of title II of the c 401 et Social Security Act) of any individual who died after 1939 and prior seq. 42 USC 415. to 1951 shall be determined as provided in section 215(a)(2) of such Act. 42 USC 4isnlte ^^^ Section 109(b) of the Social Security Amendments of 1954 is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end of such subsection "and in or prior to the month in which the Social Security Amendments of 1960 are enacted". (d)(1) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be applicable (A) in the case of monthly benefits under title II of the Social Security Act for months after the month in which this Act is enacted, on the basis of applications filed in or after such month, (B) in the case of lump-sum death payments under such title with respect to deaths occurring after such month, and (C) in the case of an application for a disability determination with respect to a period of disability (as defined in section 216(i) of the Social Security Act) filed after such month. (2) For the purposes of determining (A) entitlement to monthly benefits under title II of the Social Security Act for the month in which this Act is enacted and prior months with respect to the wages and self-employment income of an individual and (B) an individual's closing date prior to 1960 under section 215(b)(3)(B) of the Social Poat, p. 961. Security Act, the provisions of section 214(a) of the Social Security ^"P'* Act in effect prior to the date of the enactment of this Act and the provisions of section 109 of the Social Security Amendments of 1954 in effect prior to such date shall apply.
 * '(a) The term 'fully insured individual' means any individual who

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